Wilson challenges opposition on Common Market gamble
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson pursues a strategy to keep a minority Labor government in power by pushing to renegotiate Britain's European Economic Community terms while offering a public vote. Polls show most Britons oppose EEC membership and blame it for rising food prices. Heath and Thorpe resist early election, leaving Wilson with a prolonged stalemate.
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London
Harold Wilson
Hi Ae
Britain
Wilson
House of Commons
Elizabeth II
Labor
Edward Heath
Jeremy Thorpe
Liberals
Heath
Gasoline strike widens as 1600 more miners idle in WV
The southern West Virginia coal fields see the gasoline protest spread north with 1,600 additional miners off the job, raising total idled to 27,600. A Virginia judge ordered a halt in part of the strike, while UMW officials did not comment on returning to work. Pickets appeared in Nicholas County as the movement reaches mines outside previous districts.
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Charleston
W-Va
West Virginia
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Nicholas County
West Virginia Coal Association
UMW
District
Emory Widener
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Widener
U.S. District Court
Dennis R. Knapp
U.S. Steel
Norfolk & Western Railway
Arnold Miller
Arch A. Moore Jr
Streakers Face Fines and Jail Under New Bill
Harrisburg AP A Pennsylvania state senator proposes a summary offense for streaking with a 300 dollar fine and up to 90 days in jail. Senator Francis Lynch says the act taunts society and notes constituent criticism while maintaining no personal offense. The measure cites indecent exposure in an essentially unelaborate condition and includes three cosponsors. Meanwhile Bob Dylan and the Band perform a Madison Square Garden concert with a standing ovation marking the end of the first set.
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Francis Lynch
Philadelphia
Lynch
Pennsylvania
Dylan
New York
Madison Square Garden
Bob Dylan
Exorcist director shares tales of filming and fame
Alan Green, assistant director on The Exorcist, recalls his unlikely path from psychology to television and reveals behind the scenes methods from contact lenses to vomit cues. He discusses Linda Blair, director Friedkin, dubbing voices, and the film’s intent as entertainment amid sensational headlines.
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Alan Green
Connecticut
America
William Friedkin
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